THREATS

ACCORDING TO MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY,

• A STATEMENT SAYING YOU WILL BE HARMED IF YOU DO NOT DO WHAT SOMEONE WANTS
YOU TO DO.
• SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT COULD CAUSE TROUBLE, HARM ETC.
• THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING BAD OR HARMFUL COULD HAPPEN.
NATIONAL SECURITY

• IS A STATE OR CONDITION WHERE OUR MOST CHERISHED VALUES AND BELIEFS OUR DEMOCRATIC WAY
OF LIFE, OUR INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNANCE AND OUR UNITY, WELFARE AND WELL- BEING AS A NATION
AND PEOPLE ARE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED AND CONTINUOUSLY ENHANCED.
THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY

• ANY EXPRESSION OF INTUITION TO INFLICT EVIL, INJURY, OR DAMAGE TO NATIONAL SECURITY.

• DANGERS TO THE COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND STABILITY.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

THERE ARE SEVEN ( 7 ) FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS THAT LIE AT THE CORE WHICH
THEREFORE FURTHER AMPLIFY OUR DEFINITION OF NATIONAL SECURITY. AT THE SAME
TIME, THEY CONSTITUTE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHALLENGES WE FACE AS A NATION AND
PEOPLE.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

1. SOCIO-POLITICAL STABILITY
• WE MUST ACHIEVE PEACE AND HARMONY AMONG ALL FILIPINOS, REGARDLESS OF CREED, ETHIC ORIGIN
OR SOCIAL STATION. THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE MUST ENGAGE IN NATION – BUILDING UNDER
THE RULE OF LAW, CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY AND THE FULL RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

2. TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
• WE MUST ENSURE THE PERMANENT INVIOLABILITY OF OUR NATION TERRITORY AND IT’S EFFECTIVE
CONTROL BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

3. ECONOMIC SOLIDARITY AND STRENGTH

• WE MUST VIGOROUSLY PURSUE A FREE – MARKET ECONOMY THROUGH RESPONSIBLE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP BASED ON SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF LABOR AND
CONCERN FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

4. ECOLOGICAL BALANCE
• NATIONAL SURVIVAL RESTS UPON THE EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL IN
THE FACE OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION AND POPULATION GROWTH.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

5. CULTURAL COHESIVENESS
• OUR LIVES AS A PEOPLE MUST BE RULED BY A COMMON SET OF VALUES AND BELIEVE GROUNDED ON HIGH
MORAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS, DRAWN FROM OUR HERITAGE AND EMBODYING A FILIPINO STANDARD
IDENTITY TRANSCENDING RELIGIOUS, ETHIC AND LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

6. MORAL – SPIRITUAL CONSENSUS

• WE MUST BE PROPELLED BY A NATIONAL VISION INSPIRED AND MANIFESTED IN OUR WORDS AND DEEDS,
BY PATRIOTISM NATIONAL PRIDE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVE.
FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS

7. EXTERNAL PEACE
• WE MUST PURSUE CONSTRUCTIVE AND CORDIAL RELATIONS WITH ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLES, EVEN AS
OUR NATIONS ITSELF MUST CHART AN INDEPENDENT COURSE, FREE FROM EXTERNAL CONTROL,
INTERFERENCE OR THREAT OR AGGRESSION.
ASPECTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY

1. INTERNAL ASPECTS
2. EXTERNAL ASPECTS
INTERNAL ASPECT
•NATIONAL SECURITY RELATES TO THE DEFENSE OF THE
GOVERNMENT AGAINST HOSTILE LOCAL ELEMENTS SEEKING
REPLACEMENT WITH THEIR OWN SYSTEM
•IN THIS SENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY REFERS TO MEASURES AIMED
AT COUNTERING DOMESTIC OR INTERNAL CHALLENGES TO THE
EXISTING POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ORDER
EXTERNAL ASPECT
• CONCERNED WITH SAFEGUARDING THE STATE AGAINST OUTSIDE OR
FOREIGN FORCES, PRESSURES OR INFLUENCE DESIGNED TO CONQUER IT OR
UNDERMINE ITS SOVEREIGNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLACING IT UNDER
THE DOMINATION OR CONTROL OF SOME FOREIGN STATE OR STATES.
• IN THIS SENSE, NATIONAL SECURITY EMBRACES THE DEFENSE
ARRANGEMENTS DIRECTED TO INSURING SAFETY OF THE STATE AGAINST
FOREIGN INTERVENTION OR DOMINATION
INTERNAL THREATS

1. MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT ( MILF )

• THE MILF IN CONSTRUCTIVE PEACE NEGOTIATION, THE ARMED ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP CONTINUE TO
BE A SOURCE OF SERIOUS CONCERN, PARTICULARLY THE BUILD-UP ITS DEFENSIVE AND OFFENSIVE
CAPABILITIES. HAND IN HAND WITH THIS SECURITY PROBLEM IS THE THREAT FROM THE ABU SAYYAF
GROUP (ASG), A SMALL BAND OF HIGHLY MOBILE TERRORISTS WITH SUSPECTED LINKS TO
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
INTERNAL THREATS
2. COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PHILIPPINES/NEW
PEOPLE’S ARMY/NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT
(CPP/NPA/NDF)
• CONTINUOUS TON POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, ALTHOUGH PRESENTLY WEAKENED
IN COMPARISON WITH THEIR PEAK STRENGTH IN THE PERIOD 1985-87.
INTERNAL THREATS

4.ORGANIZED CRIME
• IS A NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERN . THE CHALLENGE OF ILLEGAL DRUGS IN PARTICULAR, HAS GROWN
INTO A MAJOR THREAT TO THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY.
INTERNAL THREATS

5.ECONOMIC SABOTAGE
• UNDERMINES THE MARKET ECONOMY, THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE NATION’S RESOURCES. UNDER
THIS CATEGORY ARE UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS COUNTERFEITING, MONEY LAUNDERING,
LARGE-SCALE SMUGGLING, INTER-OCEANIC POACHING AND COMMERCIAL DUMPING.
INTERNAL THREATS

6. GRAFT AND CORRUPTION

• HAS BECOME ANOTHER THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF THE HUGE SCALE BY WHICH
IT SAPS PUBLIC RESOURCES, UNDERMINES THE MORALE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND AFFECTS THE
DELIVERY OF QUALITY BASIC SERVICES.
INTERNAL THREATS

7. SEVERE CALAMITIES
• CAUSE SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES, ABET HOARDING AND PROFITEERING TOOL STANDS AT MORE THAN
13,000 LIVES LOST AND P179 BILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY DESTROYED..
INTERNAL THREATS

8. PERSISTENT ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION

• POSES A LONG TERM SECURITY THREAT. THE ATTRITION OF FOREST AND WATERSHEDS, AIR-LAND-WATER
POLLUTION AND THE PROLIFERATION OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES ARE A CAUSE OF SICKNESS, DEATH AND THE
DIMINUTION OF NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND WELL-BEING .
EXTERNAL THREATS

1.THE MULTI LATERAL DISPUTE OVER THE SPRATLY ISLAND, IS A SOURCE OF

INTERMITTENT TENSIONS, OWING TO THE BUILD UP STRUCTURES, BELIEVED TO BE MILITARY -ORIENTED ,
BY SOME CLAIMANT COUNTRIES IN THE AREA.
EXTERNAL THREATS

2. THE SMUGGLING FIREARMS AND CONTRABAND, ILLEGAL MIGRATION AND OCCASIONAL

MOVEMENT OF FOREIGN TERRORISTS THROUGH THE POROUS BORDERS OF OUR SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER
HAVE ELICITED TRANSNATIONAL CONCERN. PHILIPPINE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WORK CLOSELY
WITH INTERNATIONAL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS, BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, TO CHECK THESE
ACTIVITIES
EXTERNAL THREATS

3. THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE CURRENCY CRISIS AFFECTING THE COUNTRIES

WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS ( ASEAN ) ARE A CAUSE OF REGIONAL ANXIETIES
WHICH TEND TO AGGRAVATE THE POLITICAL INSTABILITIES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISLOCATIONS
INVOLVING THE POOREST PEOPLE
EXTERNAL THREATS

4. THE SERIOUS ECONOMIC DISPARITY BETWEEN RICH AND

POOR NATIONS KEEPS THE WORLD IN A STATE OF INSTABILITY AND VIRTUALLY ON THE BRINK OR WAR IN
MANY PLACES.
EXTERNAL THREATS

5. ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL CONFLICT

• PERVADES MANY REGIONS AND NATIONS INCLUDING OUR OWN. IT IS CONSTANTLY EXACERBATED BY
MASS POVERTY, LIMITED ACCESS TO RESOURCES, DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS, LACK OF NATIONAL
INTEGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL ISSUES.